6 sentences with “dna”

Within the nucleus of each living cell is the great genetic library of dna molecules, the genes.

Because you, me and our civilisation are pieces of a formidably intelligent technology, at the service of the perpetuation of some entirely stupid molecules: dna. That's the way the world is.

The fundamental contribution, however, lies in the field of science: thanks to the computer graphics system, it is possible to obtain the exact image of complex molecules such as the dna spiral.

Pigs have inherited sets of dna that originated in rodents; skunks in North America are born with dna that came from the South American squirrel monkey; trout have genes acquired, it is not known how, from birds.

Within its feline dna (deoxyribonucleic acid), i.e. the genetic molecules that determine the configuration of a cat, researchers have found a series of "strange" genes, i.e. dna that in one way or another "jumped" from rats and baboons.

There has been much controversy surrounding the evolution of pandas. Some experts think they are descended from the raccoon. Others believe they share a common ancestor with the bear, but evolved independently. The latest studies of their dna place them among members of the bear family.